All and Sundry – Introduction by Paul Hornschemeier

{product_snapshot:id=1586,true,false,true,right} This book began by looking for something. More precisely, it began by sorting through flat file drawers filled with artwork, in an attempt to determine what pieces I should select for my first proper gallery show. I stacked the work in piles: these are probably good candidates, those are good, but don’t seem to fit the general feel of the show. I was looking for only thirty or so pieces of artwork. I was removing hundreds of pieces of Bristol board from the drawers. It slowly dawned on me that the “good but doesn’t fit” pile was quite massive….

Paul Hornschemeier 2009 Pacific NW Tour

PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER: THE 2009 PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOUR Promoting the release of the new graphic novel, MOTHER, COME HOME from Fantagraphics April 2, 5:30-8:30PM: CHARLES A. HARTMAN FINE ART, Portland "Paul Hornschemeier: Cloistered in Crowds" First Thursday reception and book signing 134 NW 8th Ave. • hartmanfineart.net April 3, 6PM: LUCKY'S COMICS, Vancouver Book signing and author talk 3972 Main St. • luckys.ca April 4, All Day: EMERALD CITY CON, Seattle Appearing at the Fantagraphics Books tables Seattle Convention Center • emeraldcitycomicon.com April 4, 7PM: FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKSTORE & GALLERY, Seattle A book signing and Emerald City Con after-party with Stan Sakai…

Mome Vol. 11: Summer 2008 – Exclusive Preview

Another Humdinger of a Volume of Our Cutting-Edge Comix Anthology {product_snapshot:id=1459,true,false,true,left}Vol. 11 of our acclaimed anthology series welcomes Killoffer, the acclaimed French cartoonist whose work has previously only been seen in the acclaimed collection 176 Apparitions of Killoffer. Killoffer delivers a new 12-page comic as well as front and back covers. Mome also features returning regulars Al Columbia, Kurt Wolfgang, Ray Fenwick, Eleanor Davis, Dash Shaw, John Hankiewicz, Émile Bravo, Andrice Arp, Tom Kaczynski, and Paul Hornschemeier. Plus, newcomers Conor O’Keefe and Nate Neal, as well as an interview with Ray Fenwick by Gary Groth. Download an EXCLUSIVE 15-page PDF…

MOME Interview 1: Paul Hornschemeier

This interview is reprinted in its entirety from MOME Vol. 1. My first exposure to Paul Hornschemeier‘s work was Mother, Come Home, which I read sometime in late 2003. It impressed me enough to start the gears churning, and I remember thinking that the three-issue comics series would make a good graphic novel; I made a mental note to contact this Hornschemeier fellow and inquire about the possibility of collecting it. I didn’t know that copies of the collected graphic novel were en route to America from an Asian printer and would be in stores within weeks. But at least…